James Heintz's (your2agents) Blog

In Bellingham, WA we are starting to see a decline in the number of short sale listings.  Statistically we are down over 40% which hopefully is good news.  Now it might not be because banks recently started being a lot more firm on their forgiveness guidelines.  A few months ago banks and asset m...

We at Your2Agents.com are really excited about our new REO team in Bellingham, WA that we are putting together.  We are joining forces with Ben Kinney and Stephanie Johnson to create a division for Home4Investment.  There will be more of that later, but here is some information regarding REO's an...

We, at www.Your2Agents.com have a rule.  When we are doing a net sheet for buyers and sellers, we have a line we call the "A-Line". I trust, that we in Bellingham, WA, aren't the only agents who have problematic buyers and sellers.  The "A-Line" is usually for $500.  This is the amount of money t...

Bellingham, WA homes sales fell almost 65% from the prior week. There were only 48 closed sales in Whatcom County for the week of April 7 to April 13, 2009. The Bellingham Herald listed a condo transaction for $800,000 as the largest sale for this week. Here in Bellingham, WA Whatcom County, we a...

Home sales for the week of March 31 to April 6, 2009 in Bellingham, WA Whatcom County were quite brisk compared to the next week, which I will get to later.  According to the Bellingham Herald there were 74 closed transactions in Bellingham, WA Whatcom County. The top transaction was for $4 Milli...

Asking lenders in Bellingham, WA Whatcom County this question.  The usual response is that the lender just wants to cut there loses and move on.  Clear off the books is a term frequently used today. Again, talking to local lenders in Bellingham, WA, most distressed mortgage situations, foreclosur...

There seems to be a lot of information of this subject and I have spoken with a lot of people, so below would be a summation of my findings... Certainly in both cases, short sale and foreclosure, the delinquent mortgage will negatively affect their credit rating.  Ultimately, the best thing that ...

When dealing with land use in Bellingham, WA Whatcom County, here are 20 helpful hints for dealing with this issue. A portion of this list was drafted by Jay Irwin of Irwin Land Use Consulting, LLC 1) The question, "what can I do with my land in Bellingham, Wa" is harder than it sounds.  Don't ex...

This morning, 5-11-09,in Bellingham, WA eight (8) homes have pended with an average days on market of 20 days!  This really has been the trend in Bellingham recently.  Really, not only in Bellingham, but all around Whatcom County, a well priced home will 'pend' very quickly.  We all talk about lo...

I am not availalbe 24/7 and this is why!  www.Your2Agents.com we are a blended family.  We have 3 terrific young boys, aged 13 to 10.  All are very active with either their studies, basketball, golf,football, soccer or baseball. And we try to take a vacation every year too.  Last year we went to...